"My response was that we could certainly do that, but I needed direction from the City Council before I initiated such a project," partly because of the potential cost, Jordan said in an interview Monday. "The mayor and the city councilor were not satisfied with that response."

West Linn City Manager Chris JordanGalle hours later sent Jordan a terse note: "At the next council meeting and every one thereafter, I will be making a motion requesting your resignation as city manager of West Linn."

In her Jan. 29 e-mail to residents, Galle accused Jordan and councilors Scott Burgess, Jody Carson and John Kovash of repeatedly blocking reviews of how the city spends tax dollars.

Jordan said Galle has never formally requested any such audits.

The city had not responded as of Monday evening to a public records request seeking a copy of the complaint Galle said she had filed with the state attorney general and the FBI.

The resignation request came as Mattecheck failed to meet a Thursday deadline to submit signatures in her attempt to recall Burgess, Carson and Kovash. She said she gathered more than the minimum number of signatures needed but withheld them to protect recall supporters from retaliation.

"My friends and supporters have worked silently behind the scenes to help me, and I in turn have guaranteed anonymity," she wrote in a Jan. 30 press release e-mail. "Sadly, I have realized that upon filing our petition anonymity will be compromised; every name and address on the petition will be scrutinized, and as part of the public record, available to spiteful factions."